Paint brush holder consisting of one part

ABSTRACT

The present paint brush holder is for the purpose of resting a paint brush over a paint container, with the paint brush bristles suspended over the inner portion of the open paint container. The paint brush holder when attached to the rim of a paint container, allows the user to rest the paint brush in the paint brush holder and allows the principle of inertia of the paint brush, acting on two points to create a grip on the paint brush handle. Further points of the paint brush holder restrict lateral movement of the paint brush. The paint brush holder can be used with a variety of types and sizes of paint brush, and can be fitted to a variety of types and sizes of paint container, the paint brush holder being of spring content.

The present paint brush holder, being of spring content, intends to accommodate the option of resting a variety of types and sizes of paint brush on the paint brush holder while positioned on a paint container of varying type or size, without modifying or attaching any other part or component to the paint brush holder. The paint brush holder attaches to the rim of a paint container for the purpose of holding a paint brush while the paint container is in a stationary upright position with the lid removed, and also for holding the paint brush while carrying the paint container by its handle, with the lid removed, as in the normal process of painting with paint brush and paint container.

As in accompanying drawings, the paint brush holder is of single part of spring material formed at nineteen positions to attain the desired shape for attachment to the paint container.

By holding points 15, 16 and 17 with the thumb and finger, point 11 can be placed against the inside rim of the paint container. When points 15, 16 and 17 are pulled towards the outer rim of the paint container, a gap is created that separates points 10, 11 and 12, from points 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, allowing the paint brush holder to be moved downwards on the paint container rim, and rested on the top edge of the paint container rim at points 9 and 20.

When the grip is released by thumb and finger from points 15, 16 and 17, the spring content of the material creates a grip on the paint container rim, closing the gap that separates points 10, 11 and 12 from points 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.

When the paint brush holder is in operational position on the rim of the paint container, point 6 would be closer to the rim of the paint container and lower than point 2. This creates a forward movement of the paint brush, causing a part of the paint brush handle further from the paint brush bristles to rest under point 2, and causing a part of the paint brush handle closer to the paint brush bristles to rest over and down on point 6. Acting on the inertia (forward movement) of the paint brush, and using this principle to create a grip on the paint brush handle, this suspends the paint brush bristles over the inner portion of the paint container. In addition, points 1, 3, 5 and 7 inhibit lateral movement of the paint brush. 

1. A paint brush holder, formed of one continuous part from spring material, for allowing a user to position and to hold a paint brush on the rim of a paint container, the paint brush holder comprising: a paint brush receiving section for receiving and holding a paint brush; a container engaging section including a first part for biasing against the inside wall of the paint container and a second part for biasing against the outside of the paint container; the first part together with a transverse limb of the paint brush holder, defining a rectangular shaped section which is narrower and longer than the profile of the second part whereby, in use, when the paint brush holder is attached to a paint container; the paint brush holder grips the container with the first part extending downwardly along the inside wall of the container and the paint brush holder allowing placement of the paint brush in a position where bristles of the paint brush are within the rim of the paint container.
 2. A paint brush holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the paint brush receiving section has two parallel arms with one arm being lower than other arm, and the paint brush receiving section acts on the inertia of the paint brush such that when the paint brush is placed in the paint brush holder, the bristles of the paint brush are kept over the container so that any dripping from a paint brush received in the holder is directed into the container.
 3. A paint brush holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein the container engaging section includes two container rim engaging parts for resting on the rim of the paint container.
 4. A paint brush holder as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second part of the container engaging section has a lever section formed to allow the paint brush holder to be gripped by the user's thumb and finger whereby when the first part is placed on the inside of the container and the lever section is held by a user's thumb and finger and is pulled away from the container, the paint brush holder can be pushed downwards onto the container so as to locate the first part along the inside wall of the container and the second part along the outside wall of the container such that when the lever portion is released, the paint brush holder grips said container.
 5. A paint brush holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the paint brush when in the holder is surrounded at four points which inhibit the lateral movement of the paint brush thereby allowing the user to carry the container by its handle, as is necessary in the normal process of painting with paint container and paint brush. 